A 60-year-old woman was detained in Ivano-Frankivsk for defrauding people out of 161,430 euros and 421,440 dollars.. She carried out her fraudulent activities from 2017 to 2018.

The woman carried out activities in the field of currency exchange, despite the fact that she did not have the appropriate license, and also borrowed large sums of money from people under various pretexts.. This was reported on the website of the Main Directorate of the National Police of the Ivano-Frankivsk region on Friday, January 17.

From January 2017 to March 2018, the defendant, abusing the trust of her regular clients, took possession of large amounts of money. She “borrowed” them from the victims under various pretexts: for business development, treatment of relatives and other urgent needs..

" The defendant promised to return money to clients. However, having more than 16 million hryvnia at the then exchange rate, she never did this. Instead, she spent the money on her own needs,” police said..

People's receipts, "

" 3, 4 tbsp. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The court decided to apply a preventive measure in the form of a bail of 2 million hryvnia,” the statement said..